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http://hdl.handle.net/2183/6152 Landform development at the Ciudad Encantada, near Cuenca, Spain
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Twidale, C. R.
Centeno Carrillo, Juan de Dios
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Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe, 1993, 18: 257-269 ISSN: 0213-4497
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Resumen] La Ciudad Encantada, cerca de la ciudad de Cuenca, es morfológicamente un conjunto de rocas fungiformes, restos de platafórmas elongadas y arcos naturales
modelados sobre dolomitas cretácicas de estructura subhorizontal. Su origen se atribuye a factores estructurales, presencia de estratos con diferente resistencia a la erosión, y ataque generalizado de la humedad primero subedáficamente y luego subaéreamente al pie de las formas actuales. Los factores que contribuyen a la estabilidad actual en la parte superior de estas formas, son los recubrimientos biológicos, la concentración de calcita o las variaciones locales en el régimen de humedad.
Abstract] The Ciudad Encantada, near Cuenca, in east-central Spain, is a complex of mushroom-shaped rocks and elongate plateau remnants developed in flat-lying Cretaceous dolomite. Natural bridges are also presento The forms are attributed partly to structural factors, namely the presence of strata of contrasted resistance to weathering and erosion, but also to differential subsurface moisture attack beneath the plateau surface. Other factors contributing to the relative stability of the caprock include biotic coating, calcite concentration, and dryness at site scale.
Abstract] The Ciudad Encantada, near Cuenca, in east-central Spain, is a complex of mushroom-shaped rocks and elongate plateau remnants developed in flat-lying Cretaceous dolomite. Natural bridges are also presento The forms are attributed partly to structural factors, namely the presence of strata of contrasted resistance to weathering and erosion, but also to differential subsurface moisture attack beneath the plateau surface. Other factors contributing to the relative stability of the caprock include biotic coating, calcite concentration, and dryness at site scale.

